Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan Is New Telangana Governor

New Delhi: In a reshuffle on Sunday, the President of India announced new governors for five states in the country. According to an official communique by the PIB, Tamil Nadu state BJP chief Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan has been made the new Governor of Telangana replacing ESL Narasimhan.

Senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya replaces Kalraj Mishra in Himachal Pradesh.

Kalraj Mishra has been transferred from Himachal Pradesh to Rajasthan, where he replaces Kalyan Singh as the new Governor.

Bhagat Singh Koshyari has been appointed the new Governor of Maharashtra shunting out Vidyasagar Rao.

In Kerala, Arif Mohammed Khan replaces P. Sathasivam as the new Governor.

The appointments take effect from the dates the new governors take charge of their respective offices.